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Amid various obstacles, health care providers and pharmacists can initiate measures to enhance compensation for pharmacy services in managed care.

In clinical trials of patients with Crohn disease, upadacitinib demonstrated early and long-term symptom relief, as well a visible reduction of damage to the intestinal lining caused by excess inflammation.

Study finds that a more accurate estimate of the burden of RSV disease will facilitate appropriate decision making regarding the use of preventive interventions, such as vaccination.

As demand increases, pharmacies can diversify by offering brain-function assessments to patients.

Improving awareness and getting involved in local or national initiatives can enable pharmacists to make change.

Christina Madison sat down with Walter Oronsaye, known as the Phit Pharmacist, to discuss over prescribing as well as social media as a tool for pharmacists.

At least 150 minutes per week of moderate intensity aerobic activity, or 75 minutes of vigorous intensity aerobic activity found to improve outcomes in patients with flu or pneumonia.

The panel corresponds to proteins that are abundant in treatment-resistant melanoma cells and may predict resistance to targeted treatment.

Study findings may help guide efforts to develop effective HIV vaccines and antibody-based HIV treatments.

Federal legislation addresses variety of issues and seeks to build on gains made under the Affordable Care Act.

Experts have seen the value of technology in the clinical trial space because it helps to remove natural bias that can leads to inaccuracies in data collection.

Finalists for the Next-Generation Pharmacist award share tips for new technicians, vision for profession's future.

When considering outsourcing, pharmacies should use a multistakeholder team to weigh pros and cons.

Good practice for older adults is that calories should go down while nutrient intake goes up as they age.

Common chronic pain conditions included in the analysis were fibromyalgia, neuropathic pain, and musculoskeletal pain.

Pegfilgrastim-pbbk is a leukocyte growth factor developed to reduce the onset of infection in patients with non-myeloid malignancies administered myelosuppressive anticancer medications associated with a clinically significant rate of febrile neutropenia.

Preexposure prophylaxis use for HIV continues to be lower than desired in some populations.

Health care professionals should educate patients that it is possible to effectively manage pain without opioids.

Skinvive by Juvéderm is a first of its kind medication to create skin smoothness that lasts 6 months with optimal treatment.

Teva is unable to meet demand for dextroamphetamine/amphetamine, and other companies struggle to keep up.

Patients who did not have health care coverage were found to have a significantly higher mean HbA1c levels among adults with diabetes.

Study evaluates the effect of long-acting monoclonal antibodies tixagevimab and cilgavimab treating COVID-19 symptoms and viral shedding.

Hospitalization costs from respiratory syncytial virus infection are driven by older age and comorbidities.

Precision medicine is rooted in the reality that the way patients respond to treatment is heavily affected by their individual genetic variability, their complex biology, and external factors.

Low compensation, stressful environment spark technician exodus; replacing them has been difficult.

Since the 2018 guideline’s publication, additional non-statin therapies such as bempedoic acid, evinacumab, and inclisiran, have been approved by the FDA for the management of hypercholesterolemia.

Diagnosing risk of frailty in patients hospitalized with heart failure is a safe and effective means of improving patient management.

Treatment-emergent adverse events were reported in a similar proportion of participants with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection, both with and without immunocompromising conditions.

Approximately 56.6% of young adults with advanced heart disease prefer to be involved in end-of-life decisions if they were very ill, with nearly all patients saying that they would also like their parents to be involved.

The sleep hormone decreased intestinal homeostasis, which may augment inflammation that causes tissue and intestinal damage.